Category Archives: Terrorism
The enemy of my enemy is my…
The U.S. State Department announced yesterday that it has designated the Iranian Baluch group Jundullah a terrorist organization. This makes a lot of sense considering that Jundullah is known for suicide bombings, beheadings and other hallmarks of many of the … Continue reading
Maybe Faisal Shahzad isn’t that simple
Robert Wright, writing on the New York Times website, had a very intelligent takedown of simplistic attitudes towards jihadism as exhibited by Daniel Pipes and Jeffrey Goldberg, who treat religious violence as an entity that exists on its own, divorced … Continue reading
My favorite Al-Qaeda member has been captured!
Probably weird to say “my favorite” but I have a good reason. In January 2007 the New Yorker published a profile of Adam Gadahn, the Northern California hippie child who ended up joining Al-Qaeda and becoming the group’s official English-language … Continue reading
Filed under Life Abroad, Terrorism
New Beginning?
After so much anticipation, how did President Obama’s “historic” address to the Muslim world actually turn out? Who knows if it will actually be the “new beginning” that the Obama Administration billed it as, but it seemed to me like … Continue reading
Filed under Democracy, Diplomacy, History, Israel-Palestine, Terrorism
Jordanians in Afghanistan?
The intepid crusaders at Wikileaks have uncovered a document called “NATO in Afghanistan: Master Narrative”. Unfortunately you can no longer access it. (I’m not entirely sure if I think that is unfortunate or not.) But one of the biggest revelations … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Terrorism, War
Terrorism in Egypt
Scott MacLeod at Time’s Middle East blog has a good post on last week’s bombing in the Khan el Khalili market in Cairo. Khan el Khalili is one of the main tourist attractions in the city and the only casualty … Continue reading
Filed under Terrorism
